Anarchic Squid
@leahanelson.bsky.social
Knower of things about Alabama, mass criminalization, fines and fees, healthcare access, capital punishment. Chair of the Praline Matzo Committee. Actively fearful of the Mariana Trench.
Kevin is not exaggerating, VDARE was not white nationalist in the sense of "well if you get right down to it the modern GOP has always been white nationalist" VDARE was white nationalist in the sense of "yeah those Nazis sure are white nationalist"
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h agoGonna go out on a limb here and say racist cranks who write for extremist white nationalist websites like VDARE should not, in fact, be confirmed to top roles in the Department of Justice.
eating caper berries straight from the jar like a psychopath so salty and delicious
Don’t snob your way out of fun things! (I like Shaboozey. So catchy! Much culturally syncretic!)
Snowden St.@snowden.st · 4h agoI'm pretty good at avoiding popular culture when I want to. I honestly don't think I've heard more than like 90 seconds of Justin Bieber in my life (whatever the World Cup performance was, that's the longest). You'll never make me listen to a whole verse/chorus of Noah Kahan or Shaboozey or whoever
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
THE CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS OURS ALL OF THEM
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6h agoEl-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
Is today the day their outstanding achievement in the field of excellence will finally be seen and rewarded?
The use of extremely online memetic aesthetics to support far-right political goals is like something out of Walter Benjamin’s nightmares.
Please add to my list of things that are better than they were 40 years ago!
Anarchic Squid@leahanelson.bsky.social · 17h agoOk I’ll start. 1. Clothing hangers. Used to be they were wire (crappy) or plastic (bulky, slippery). Now they’re slimline and fuzzy and your clothing doesn’t fall off? MAGICAL! A HUGE IMPROVEMENT 1/???
Ok I’ll start. 1. Clothing hangers. Used to be they were wire (crappy) or plastic (bulky, slippery). Now they’re slimline and fuzzy and your clothing doesn’t fall off? MAGICAL! A HUGE IMPROVEMENT 1/???
Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 18h agoSo this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary
On this day in 1964, the bodies of three missing civil rights workers—James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner—were found in Longdale, Mississippi, shot and buried in a shallow grave.
Aug. 4, 1964 | Missing Civil Rights Workers Found Dead in Mississippi
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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“This discrediting of her name — mostly based on her gender and wholly unfounded — contributed to the erasing of Viola Liuzzo from textbooks and public memory.” www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/vi...
March 25, 1965: Viola Liuzzo Murdered by KKK After Selma to Montgomery March
Viola Liuzzo (April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965), Civil Rights activist, was murdered in 1965 by the KKK after the Selma to Montgomery March.
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Gotta love the “or stocks” part. Like Gemini realized its first answer was nuts so it tried to wedge in a better one.
WE HAVE REAL CAMPS YOU CAN BE OUTRAGED ABOUT
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · yesterdayThese guys are freaking out over their own imaginations again.
Also I've never thought of him as the fat guy from Superbad, he's just the guy who wanted these boots in 40 yr old virgin
Not the point but we should all do more to bring back “gallivants” as a verb
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · yesterdayAmerican Healthcare Systems is the company that owns Vista Medical Center East. Court records, tax bills, and hospital inspections indicate that AHS has been sinking hospitals into financial chaos, leaving millions in unpaid bills—while its mansion-collecting CEO gallivants on a private jet.
"Boys and girls, Mrs. Krabappel, I come before you today to solve a riddle that has plagued mankind for centuries. What has four legs and ticks?" "A walking clock?" "I'd wager he has some variety of walking clock in that box." "Bart, is it a walking clock?"
Ugh are we doing the mad at people’s theology discourse again?
Which is the better version of Such Great Heights: Postal Service or Iron & Wine?
Been thinking about this in the context of education a lot. Right when the pandemic started I was trying to a long piece on the integration of segregation academies and how homeschooling and “travel ball” are related
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d agothe obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.
Wisconsin Rapids is the New York of Wisconsin
Jessy Edwards@jessyedwards.bsky.social · 2d agoA video taken Saturday shows former NYC Mayor Eric Adams in sales pitch mode in Wisconsin Rapids, as he's heckled by residents opposed to the data center he's trying to sell them on. "My name is Eric Adams," he begins, as the boos begin to rain down. "You belong in prison!" one attendee shouts.
Hold up. Do the taxes of those who are wealthier go to subsidize consumption by those who are poorer?! This is the first I am hearing about this, and I. Am. Outraged.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
This is not my idyll either but yall are being VERY snobby. You plant an herb garden. You get a grill and a smoker. Throw in some bikes and tricycles on some lawns, lawn chairs on others. Again, not charming and too treeless but would be a huge upgrade for many people!
Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 2d agoLove drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos.
I DONT WANT TO DO THIS GRANT REPORT I AM NOT IN THE MOOD
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social (Anna O Law) is teasing a new book on immigration and citizenship, but also a blueberry galette and: this is my favorite type of account. Equally devoted to (1) an important area of Expertise and (2) something nice, like baking. What other accounts fit that bill?
"For a Black American...the Statute of Liberty is simply a very bitter joke, meaning nothing to us." --James Baldwin Here's the intervention of my 3rd book: telling US migration history with African American and Native American histories through the case study of American gateway cities.
THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE POWER ACCOMPLISHES! Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who wrote comments, contacted Congress, and yelled! This is OUR WIN! @standupforscience.net www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul
Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.
politico.com
